• Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 57: Hardly Anything There

    Castle of Glass, Linkin Park Previous | Chapter Listing | Next There were a thousand other things still left to do. Liberty’s progress, and Cassandra’s for that matter, in magic were both quite good, but Morgyn needed to figure out, first of all, how to get through the magic realm barrier. The blond was aware that the easiest way of getting through it was most likely to be going at it indirectly. The All wasn’t very good at attacks that were just slightly to one side. Ezio would likely know this, too, so if Morgyn was guessing correctly, it was almost a guarantee that he’d gotten Sarnai into magic realm…

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    Chapter 56: All So Wasted On Myself

    Promises, Nero Previous | Chapter Listing | Next A pinch of this, and a pinch of that, and… she thought that was the right colour. Wait, what had her mother said? Cassandra frowned to herself, scooting around the cauldron she’d set up on the balcony, to have a look at the potions book Bella had given her. She felt like she was missing something here, because the cauldron’s contents looked okay, but seemed to be the wrong colour. Or was she misremembering? Truth be told, Cassandra wasn’t skilled enough at this potion hullabaloo to be able to pick out what was wrong with her potions right off. This was a…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 55: The Dark Messiah

    The Vengeful One, Disturbed Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Morgyn paced around the room in frantic, unending circles. The blond should really find something else to do with all of this nervous energy, but there was so much of it, Morgyn was at a loss for other brilliant ideas. Ezio had been gone for three days now. Life in Spire had changed a little bit. Drake had disappeared, and if Cassandra was to be believed, and Morgyn had no reason to disbelieve her, then he had decided to go into hibernation. Well, his stress and depression was probably intense enough right this second that he didn’t know what else…

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    Chapter 54: I Don’t Wanna Be An Angel

    Engel, Rammstein Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Where in the fuck all did he put it… ah, there it was. Ezio reached over onto his side table, picking up the pen he was looking for and tossing it into his messenger bag. He was almost late for class, but not quite. Fortunately, his professors all liked him, so if he was late to class here and there, most of the time, they didn’t really mind it too much. It didn’t mean he should make a habit of pushing his luck, but it did mean when he was honestly late, it wasn’t that big of a deal. Ezio shuffled around,…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 53: I Like the Way it Hurts

    Love the Way You Lie (Pt. II); Rihanna, Eminem Previous | Chapter Listing | Next It was late, and he should probably just find somewhere else to go and spend his time, but he wasn’t done with this song. Caleb wanted to get it done, but then, it was for Morgyn. Given he and Morgyn weren’t talking anymore, he supposed it didn’t fucking matter when, or even if, he got it done. His feelings for the blond hadn’t changed much. If anything, they’d gotten stronger in the time they’d been apart, and Caleb likely should’ve seen that one coming. Of course he still loved Morgyn. Of course his feelings for…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 52: Born

    Born, MitiS Previous | Chapter Listing | Next “Don’t move,” Troi said, sticking his arm with a needle. Ezio winced, but he didn’t tense up or anything. They were doing bloodwork to make sure the levels of his everything were normal, along with the regular checkup he was a little late for because life exploded and he no longer remembered what month it was. (Seriously, what month was it?) “I’ll get these sent to the lab, don’t run off,” Troi said, gathering the blood draws she’d just gotten and taking them out to the desk outside the door. Ezio looked amused, but he stayed put, pulling his turtleneck back on.…

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    Chapter 51: I Wanna Be Sure

    Waiting For a Girl Like You, Foreigner Previous | Chapter Listing | Next He could get used to waking up like this. Who was he kidding, he probably was used to waking up like this. The sunlight streaming through the windows, the birds chirping, the sound of the city somewhere in the background, and her heartbeat against his ear, mixing with her breaths. Her hair was so frizzy, but he loved every little kinky strand of it. The way the light sparkled in her eyes, instead of just vanishing in their dark depths. He didn’t mind his own eye colour, but he thought he loved the sparkle of hers a…

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    Chapter 50: Doomsday

    Doomsday, Murray Gold (from Dr. Who) Previous | Chapter Listing | Next With the music pulsing through the floor, it was easy to forget how messed up his life had suddenly gotten. He’d lost the only thing that’d ever really mattered to him, at least, besides Lilith, and it was his own fault and the reality was, he knew that. And yet, it was for the best, all the same. Caleb couldn’t be what Morgyn needed, he didn’t think. Truth be told, he didn’t even know what that was, but he was clearly not it. Caleb downed some of his Plasma Jane, sitting at the bar and watching the dance…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 49: But the Pain Still Grows

    In the Air Tonight, Phil Collins Previous | Chapter Listing | Next Magic Realm, 1984 She was getting close, or at least, she hoped so. The reality was more likely that she hoped so much that she could convince herself she was close enough. It was easier to think about it in such terms, because then the efforts seemed a little bit less wasted. But Aine had been at this for a long time, now, and it was difficult to think of it as having made progress when it didn’t seem there was any progress made at all. Aine frowned to herself, then reached over, pulling out a sachet of…

  • Of Frost and Fire

    Chapter 48: Overthought Everything I Can Think Of

    Say My Name, ODESZA ft. Zyra Previous | Chapter Listing | Next This wasn’t going perfectly well, but certainly it was going better than Sarnai had been expecting. The barrier had begun to waver, and now it was only a matter of time until Sarnai figured out how to destroy it. On the other hand, one or the other of the spellcaster twins should be able to bypass the barrier entirely. Why do all that work, Sarnai figured, when it would be much easier to simply side-step it outright? Work smarter, right, not harder? The dark-haired one was certainly very interesting. The blond one wasn’t uninteresting, but the dark-haired one…